One of my favorite aspects of healing that God promises to us is a restorational healing. Throughout Scripture, we see God protecting His downtrodden people by overcoming injustice and evil on their behalf, but He doesn’t leave His people to pick up the pieces on their own. He cares deeply about providing healing and reconstruction after the oppression has lifted.

Much like after a hurricane sweeps through a town, the rain finally stops, the winds calm, and the sun comes out, but destruction and chaos are often left in its wake. When the storm subsides, the healing can and must begin.

Psalm 107:28-38 speaks of God’s work to deliver His people from distress and to calm the chaos around them. God hears His people call out to Him in the midst of their panic and oppression, so He delivers them. Then He brings judgment to the evildoers by causing a drought. Meanwhile, He turns toward His people and grants them restoration, healing, and fruitfulness. This passage details God’s work to provide water, shelter, food, income, and stability.

This passage gives me hope to ask the Lord for healing. I’ve noticed that sometimes we ask the Lord to help us overcome hardship, but we forget to ask for mental and emotional healing after the trauma has passed. And God cares deeply about these aspects of our wellbeing. 

God isn’t just interested in making wars stop and taking away illnesses – He is interested in helping us heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually after the moment of conflict has passed. Throughout Scripture, God indicates a desire to restore creation to its original intent, because creation and humanity were deemed “very good.” The good news is that while we may experience elements of healing and wholeness on earth, we are promised ultimate healing in eternity with Jesus. We are called to hold out hope for the eternal, permanent, lasting healing.